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Originally Posted by filtherton
It should come as no shocker to you or Hayek that existence in any society necessarily requires a balance between individual and collective rights.
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What are some of these "collective rights"?
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Originally Posted by filtherton
And in any case, it isn't nearly so simple as Person A and Person B. Imagine all of the landlords in an entire neighborhood won't rent to people of a certain skin color. At some point, individual effects become collective effects.
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I'm more concerned with rights than effects.
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Originally Posted by filtherton
It isn't necessarily bad for business. I imagine in some places the right type of discrimination is very profitable.
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Possibly so, but blatant discrimination against race/ethnicity/gender/etc. will burn business owners more often than it helps them.
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Originally Posted by filtherton
I think that type of worldview in part relies on very simplistic notions about the effectiveness of market self regulation.
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I have no objection to self-regulation to whatever extent that it exists, but my motive here is property rights. I'm looking for ways to protect individual rights, not punish people who use their rights in ways that I dislike.